Cory Taylor
Australian writer
Died on Tuesday July 5th 2016
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
William Hawkins
Canadian poet
Died on Monday July 4th 2016
Abbas Kiarostami
Iranian film director and screenwriter (Close-Up
Died on Monday July 4th 2016
Shirley Fenton Huie
Australian author
Died on Thursday June 23rd 2016
Robert F. Dorr
American writer and diplomat
Died on Sunday June 12th 2016
Robert Nye
British poet
Died on Saturday July 2nd 2016
Michael Cimino
American screenwriter and director (The Deer Hunter)
Died on Saturday July 2nd 2016
Elie Wiesel
American writer
Died on Saturday July 2nd 2016
Margaret Bakkes
South African author
Died on Wednesday June 29th 2016
Ion Ianoși
Romanian-born Israeli writer and essayist
Died on Friday July 1st 2016
Yves Bonnefoy
French poet
Died on Friday July 1st 2016
Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere
Indian writer
Died on Friday July 1st 2016
Geoffrey Hill
British poet
Died on Thursday June 30th 2016
Silvia Tennenbaum
American author
Died on Monday June 27th 2016
Elechi Amadi
Nigerian writer
Died on Wednesday June 29th 2016
Alvin Toffler
American writer and futurist (Future Shock
Died on Monday June 27th 2016
Barbara Goldsmith
American author
Died on Sunday June 26th 2016
Leland Bardwell
Irish poet
Died on Tuesday June 28th 2016
Gopal Gurung
Nepali politician and author
Died on Friday June 10th 2016
Maurice G. Dantec
French science fiction writer and musician
Died on Saturday June 25th 2016
Kavalam Narayana Panicker
Indian dramatist
Died on Sunday June 26th 2016
Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo
Indian writer
Died on Saturday June 25th 2016
Adam Small
South African writer and poet
Died on Saturday June 25th 2016
Michael Herr
American author
Died on Thursday June 23rd 2016
Pierre Pachet
French author
Died on Tuesday June 21st 2016
Samir Roychoudhury
Indian writer (Hungry Generation)
Died on Wednesday June 22nd 2016
Guda Anjaiah
Indian poet
Died on Tuesday June 21st 2016
Bill Richmond
American screenwriter and producer (The Carol Burnett Show
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Bill Berkson
American poet and art critic
Died on Thursday June 16th 2016
Lois Duncan
American writer
Died on Wednesday June 15th 2016
Richard Selzer
American surgeon and author
Died on Wednesday June 15th 2016
Fred Caruso
American writer and director (The Big Gay Musical)
Died on Monday June 13th 2016
Rhoda Blumberg
American author
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Elayne Rapping
American writer
Died on Tuesday June 7th 2016
Maurice Pons
French novelist and short story writer
Died on Wednesday June 8th 2016
Rezső Keszthelyi
Hungarian writer
Died on Wednesday June 8th 2016
Mihai Dragolea
Romanian prose writer
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Achyut Lahkar
Indian actor and playwright
Died on Sunday June 12th 2016
André Warusfel
French Mathematician and writer
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Nicola Tanda
Italian literary critic and philologist
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Evtim Evtimov
Bulgarian poet
Died on Wednesday June 8th 2016
Adolfo Prieto
Argentinian literary critic
Died on Friday June 3rd 2016
Manuel Maristany
Spanish photographer and writer
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Alexander Glezer
Russian poet
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
William Wright
American author
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Theresa Poh Lin Chan
Singaporean writer and actress
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Héctor Zumbado
Cuban writer and comedian
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Ayaz Jani
Pakistani Sindhi poet and journalist
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Sir Peter Shaffer
British playwright and screenwriter
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Erkin Vohidov
Uzbek poet
Died on Monday May 30th 2016
Farid Seiful-Mulyukov
Uzbek-born Russian journalist and writer
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Antti Hyry
Finnish writer
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Ellen Niit
Estonian author and translator
Died on Monday May 30th 2016
Erika Berger
German television presenter and author
Died on Sunday May 15th 2016
Carla Lane
English television writer (The Liver Birds
Died on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Javare Gowda
Indian writer
Died on Monday May 30th 2016
Mathew Mattam
Indian Malayalam author
Died on Sunday May 29th 2016
Daniel Kunene
South African-American poet
Died on Friday May 27th 2016
R. G. Jadhav
Indian literary critic
Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Yang Jiang
Chinese playwright
Died on Wednesday May 25th 2016
Vera Henriksen
Norwegian writer
Died on Monday May 23rd 2016
Robert W. Gutman
American musicologist and biographer of Richard Wagner and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2016
Alexandre Astruc
French film critic and director
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Nicholas Fisk
British children's author
Died on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Deddy Dores
Indonesian singer and song writer
Died on Tuesday May 17th 2016
Bill MacIlwraith
British playwright and screenwriter (Two's Company)
Died on Monday May 9th 2016
Alvise Zorzi
Italian journalist and author
Died on Saturday May 14th 2016
Balázs Birtalan
Hungarian author
Died on Saturday May 14th 2016
Katherine Dunn
American writer (Geek Love)
Died on Wednesday May 11th 2016
John Bradshaw
American self-help writer
Died on Sunday May 8th 2016
Tony Cozier
Barbadian cricket writer and commentator
Died on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Siti Rahmani Rauf
Indonesian educator and writer
Died on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Michael S. Harper
American poet
Died on Saturday May 7th 2016
Philippe Beaussant
French author
Died on Sunday May 8th 2016
Lakshmi Holmström
Indian-born British author and translator
Died on Friday May 6th 2016
Nikita Struve
French literary critic and publisher
Died on Saturday May 7th 2016
Mel Bartholomew
American gardener and author
Died on Monday May 2nd 2016
Fernando Soto Aparicio
Colombian author
Died on Monday May 2nd 2016
Tomohiro Matsu
Japanese manga writer
Died on Monday May 2nd 2016
Sakumi Yoshino
Japanese manga writer
Died on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Rudolph Chimelli
German journalist and author
Died on Friday April 22nd 2016
Daniel Aaron
American writer and academic
Died on Saturday April 30th 2016
Chen Zhongshi
famous Chinese writer(White Deer Plain)
Died on Friday April 29th 2016
René Hausman
Belgian author and artist
Died on Thursday April 28th 2016
Jenny Diski
English writer
Died on Thursday April 28th 2016
Igor Fesunenko
Soviet and Russian journalist - foreign affairs writer
Died on Thursday April 28th 2016